kibbutznik

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Pronunciations

kibbutznik (kih-BOOTS-nik) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Hi all, I will be moving to Israel in 2 weeks. I am a dual citizen who grew up in the US and has very little Hebrew comprehension and I'll be living with my dad who is a kibbutznik now living in the north in a small town (25,000 people)." (source)

  • "Take the kibbutz dining hall, for example. To the participant it looks like a cafeteria, which is a public space. However, kibbutznikim see it as a dining room, which is private." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y קיבוצניק kibutsnik > MH קִיבּוּצְנִיק kibutsnik

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      kibbutsnik

Notes

  • plural: 'kibbutznikim'

    See also kibbutz.

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